http://dir.salon.com/topics/childcare/?source=rss&aim=childcare en-us Copyright 2007 Salon.com. Thu, 20 Sep 2007 07:09:00 PDT By Carol Lloyd Thu, 20 Sep 2007 07:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2007/09/20/mummy_enemy/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2007/09/20/mummy_enemy/index.html?source=rss In Britain, mothers and child-free women face off, quietly seethe. By Tracy Clark-Flory Thu, 20 Sep 2007 07:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2007/08/06/round_up/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2007/08/06/round_up/index.html?source=rss Plus: Sports apparel company capitalizes on realization that girls sweat, too. By Cary Tennis Thu, 20 Sep 2007 07:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2007/05/16/pregnancy/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2007/05/16/pregnancy/index.html?source=rss I've got two of my own and I thought I was done ... and then the unexpected happened. By Cary Tennis Thu, 20 Sep 2007 07:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2007/04/24/auntie/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2007/04/24/auntie/index.html?source=rss I'm crazy in love with my two sisters' five kids. I feel like helping to raise them would give my life meaning. By Catherine Price Thu, 20 Sep 2007 07:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2007/03/26/childcare_behavior/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2007/03/26/childcare_behavior/index.html?source=rss A longitudinal study on American childcare shows that time spent in day care can lead to behavior problems later on. By Carol Lloyd Thu, 20 Sep 2007 07:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2007/02/01/older/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2007/02/01/older/index.html?source=rss How old is too old to have babies? By Sarah Goldstein Thu, 20 Sep 2007 07:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2006/05/01/mommy_strongest/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2006/05/01/mommy_strongest/index.html?source=rss MomsRising.org hopes to organize mothers (and anyone who has a mother) around issues of parental equality. By Katharine Mieszkowski Thu, 20 Sep 2007 07:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2005/11/03/nanny/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2005/11/03/nanny/index.html?source=rss Meet a mother of three who spends all day caring for another family's children to support her own. By Katy Read Thu, 20 Sep 2007 07:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2004/05/21/mothers_movement/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2004/05/21/mothers_movement/index.html?source=rss Weary of saccharine stereotypes, a diverse group of women is demanding that society do more than pay lip service to mothers. By Jennifer Foote Sweeney Thu, 20 Sep 2007 07:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2001/06/05/mom_rage/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2001/06/05/mom_rage/index.html?source=rss Why, when a woman chooses both to work and to mother, does she incite the sort of rage reserved for wayward clerics and defilers of sacred things? By Jennifer Miller Thu, 20 Sep 2007 07:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2001/03/01/dragonfly/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2001/03/01/dragonfly/index.html?source=rss Another progressive preschool bites the dust, leaving me and other parents livid and bereft. By Jennifer Bingham Hull Thu, 20 Sep 2007 07:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/1999/09/13/nannylove/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/1999/09/13/nannylove/index.html?source=rss Is it any wonder that some days I love my nanny more than I love my husband? By Phaedra Hise Thu, 20 Sep 2007 07:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/1999/07/13/homeec/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/1999/07/13/homeec/index.html?source=rss One mom crunches the numbers on the assumption that quitting work is cheaper than paying for life as a working parent. By Jennifer Bingham Hull Thu, 20 Sep 2007 07:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/1999/07/12/halving/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/1999/07/12/halving/index.html?source=rss You can get your husband to do his share if you demand it -- or threaten divorce. By David Case Thu, 20 Sep 2007 07:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/1999/05/14/dads/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/1999/05/14/dads/index.html?source=rss Stay-at-home dads face down stereotypes and learn how undervalued the work of child care really is. By Stephanie Coontz Thu, 20 Sep 2007 07:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/1998/11/30/feature/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/1998/11/30/feature/index.html?source=rss Sociologist Stephanie Coontz on how American leaders have spent more time on the Clinton sex scandal than they have on issues that will affect the families of the future. By Katie Allison Granju Thu, 20 Sep 2007 07:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/1998/08/06/cov_06feature/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/1998/08/06/cov_06feature/index.html?source=rss Do parents who buy the controversial baby-care book "On Becoming Babywise" know about its conservative Christian agenda?